about
Akan Produções is a Brazilian audiovisual production company that carries out projects, including films, series, exhibitions, training processes and script development. The company is based in Fortaleza, Ceará, and moves between documentaries, fiction, animations and hybrids.
Virna Paz is a screenwriter, director, producer and executive producer. She is the author of the short Gordas, the short As Garotas do Fantástico Não Falam, the short XD-11 and the documentary series O Ano Delas. They all result from his research on fat bodies, archive images, personal archeology and memory.
projects
Akan's projects are in different phases of development and have as a non-negotiable value the presence of women, black people, LGBTQIA people and people with disabilities on their teams. All projects have accessibility features appropriate to their format.
portfolio
Virna Paz is a screenwriter, director, producer and executive producer. His experience includes participation in film, series and exhibition teams; in addition to Audiovisual teaching, curators, selection committees and juries.
“THIS INITIATIVE IS AWARDED BY THE SECRETARIAT OF CULTURE OF CEARÁ, WITH RESOURCES FROM COMPLEMENTARY FEDERAL LAW No. 195, OF JULY 22, 2022”